An important change to this site

I came in extra early this morning to work on this blog, and I am taking part of my lunch hour to do the same. As a result of some rather labored efforts to figure out how to do it, I am pleased to announce the addition of a link field, which you will see on the left-hand side of your screen if you scroll down just a bit. Thus far, I have inserted links to 22 websites, which include all of the dozen or so places I visit regularly. I have wanted to make I miei cari amici a sort of one-stop-does-it-all site for me, so that I can simply check in here each day, click the appropriate links, and go where I want to go from my home base, as it were. Because this is your blog as well, I will be more than happy to include any links you want me to add; just send me an e-mail with your request, along with the appropriate URL, and I will add that one to the list, which I anticipate will soon become rather lengthy.

Some of these links have been inserted primarily for the benefit of others; for instance, you will see one link for which I specifically mention having had Erika in mind. I feel confident in predicting that this particular webpage will be pretty useless to the rest of us, but I hope she will enjoy and derive benefit from it. :-) I have also added the Virtual Finland homepage, which is in English, to help us all become more familiar with Erika's homeland.

I was going to go back and rearrange all the links in alphabetical order, but I decided that would be a bit too much of a hassle; so I am leaving them the way they are, at least for the moment. I hope the addition of the weblinks is helpful and interesting to all of you.